Science Books Vie for Big Prize

Scientists and science fans, it's time to make your summer reading lists. This BBC Online site contains brief reviews of the twelve books (six of them children's) on the shortlist for this year's Aventis Prize for science books. One of the judges, author and former Booker Prize judge Maggie Gee, said of the finalists: "There are more ideas in these books than I find in contemporary fiction." The winner will be announced June 12, 2001.